. What to do for Uncle Sam; a first book of citizenship. ject. There areother Government librarians who plan the sim-plest possible arrangement of books on shelvesso that there will be little delay in getting of our state librarians box books in setsand send them out as traveling libraries to farmsor small settlements that lie far away from apublic library. All this work is hidden between the covers ofyour library book. What is your work for UncleSam in connection with it? Be just as carefulas you can of every book that the library letsyou borrow. Keep it clean. Do not fold over thep
. What to do for Uncle Sam; a first book of citizenship. ject. There areother Government librarians who plan the sim-plest possible arrangement of books on shelvesso that there will be little delay in getting of our state librarians box books in setsand send them out as traveling libraries to farmsor small settlements that lie far away from apublic library. All this work is hidden between the covers ofyour library book. What is your work for UncleSam in connection with it? Be just as carefulas you can of every book that the library letsyou borrow. Keep it clean. Do not fold over thepages or mark them. And be sure to return thebook to the library when your card says that itis due. Uncle Sam believes in making collections ofobjects that help us to remember history, and thewonders of the world. He searches all,over theearth for such objects and he has so many thatthey overflowed his x)wn special museum at Wash-ington. So Uncle Sam built a new museum atWashington that will hold everything new whichhe collects for the next fifty Brown Bros., N. ALL YOU CAN IN THE PUBLIC MUSEUM 106 WHAT TO DO FOR UNCLE SAM The Vorth-while inventions that the Governmenthas patented are kept and shown in model format Washington. You may see models of the firstAmerican steam engine, the first steamboat, thefirst telephone, the first automobile, and the firstaeroplane there. One sees other interesting col-lections, too, models of new ships from the NavyDepartment, fish, fishing nets, and hatcheries thatthe Fish Commission has prepared, and wax sol-diers made by the War Department and dressedin all styles of uniforms. Your town museum of natural history is filledwith similar objects. It may have a room show-ing how other peoples live, or one where you maylook at birds. There is a collection of grains,of wool, cotton, and linen, and an old spinningwheel that a Pilgrim mother long ago used. Themuseum has a suit of armor worn by a knightin the days your story books tell
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